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Nigeria
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- currency: Nigerian naira
- capital city: Abuja
- region: Western Africa
- continent: Africa
- land area: 910,770 km²
- population: 223,804,632 people
- political leader: Muhammadu Buhari (President)
Classified as: place
Location on a map: [10°0′N, 8°0′E]
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Summary
Nigeria is a country. The capital city is Abuja, located in the Western Africa region of Africa. It has a land area of 910,770 km², a population of 223,804,632 people and uses the currency Nigerian naira. The President is Muhammadu Buhari.
Environment
Nigeria is one of the countries in Africa, countries in Western Africa and 194 countries in our database.
- Agricultural land: 686,440.00 km²
- Alternative and nuclear energy: 0.27 % of total energy use
- Carbon dioxide emissions (co2): 122.75 Mt of CO2 equivalent
- Electricity production from coal sources: 0.00 % of total
- Electricity production from natural gas sources: 81.80 % of total
- Electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 18.20 % of total
- Electricity production from nuclear sources: 0.00 % of total
- Electricity production from oil sources: 0.00 % of total
- Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 0.00 % of total
- Net energy imports: -93.03 % of energy use
- Fertility rate: 5.14 births per woman
- Forest area: 214,636 km²
- Fossil fuel energy consumption: 18.88 % of total
- Greenhouse gas emissions (co2, ch4, n2o, hfcs, pfcs, sf6): 407.66 Mt of CO2 equivalent
- Median age: 13.30
- Methane emissions: 237.85 Mt of CO2 equivalent
- Nitrous oxide emissions: 34.13 Mt of CO2 equivalent
- Female population: 110,671,742 people
- Male population: 113,132,890 people
- Renewable energy consumption: 80.30 % of total final energy consumption
- Rural land area: 882,024.66 km²
- Rural population: 102,316,764 people
- Urban land area: 25,189.87 km²
- Urban population: 121,487,868 people
- Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 2.72 % of total population
Geographical distribution of cities in Nigeria by population
Evolution of historical electricity production from oil sources in Nigeria
Evolution of historical electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric in Nigeria
Evolution of historical net energy imports in Nigeria
Evolution of historical fertility rate in Nigeria
Nigeria relationship between life expectancy at birth and fertility rate over time
Nigeria relationship between median age and fertility rate over time
Evolution of historical forest area in Nigeria
Nigeria relationship between rural land area and forest area over time
Evolution of historical fossil fuel energy consumption in Nigeria
Nigeria relationship between renewable energy consumption and fossil fuel energy consumption over time
Evolution of historical other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Nigeria
Nigeria relationship between urban land area and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time
Nigeria relationship between urban land area and nitrous oxide emissions over time
Nigeria relationship between urban population and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time
Evolution of historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in Nigeria
Evolution of historical internet access in Nigeria
Evolution of historical land area in Nigeria
Evolution of historical median age in Nigeria
Evolution of historical methane emissions in Nigeria
Nigeria relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and methane emissions over time
Nigeria relationship between population and methane emissions over time
Nigeria relationship between rural population and methane emissions over time
Nigeria relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and methane emissions over time
Nigeria relationship between urban land area and methane emissions over time
Nigeria relationship between urban population and methane emissions over time
Evolution of historical net migration in Nigeria
Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Nigeria
Nigeria relationship between population and nitrous oxide emissions over time
Nigeria relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and nitrous oxide emissions over time
Nigeria relationship between urban population and nitrous oxide emissions over time
Evolution of historical population in Nigeria
Nigeria relationship between urban land area and population over time
Evolution of historical female population in Nigeria
Evolution of historical male population in Nigeria
Evolution of historical renewable energy consumption in Nigeria
Evolution of historical total rural land area in Nigeria
Evolution of historical rural population in Nigeria
Nigeria relationship between urban land area and rural population over time
Evolution of historical total urban land in Nigeria
Nigeria relationship between urban population and urban land area over time
Evolution of historical urban population in Nigeria
Evolution of historical urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters in Nigeria
Nigeria relationship between date and population over time
Nigeria relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time
Evolution of historical agricultural land in Nigeria
Nigeria relationship between methane emissions and agricultural land over time
Nigeria relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and agricultural land over time
Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Nigeria
Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Nigeria
Nigeria relationship between GDP and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time
Nigeria relationship between methane emissions and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time
Nigeria relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time
Nigeria relationship between urban land area and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time
Nigeria relationship between urban population and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time
Evolution of historical access to electricity in Nigeria
Nigeria relationship between birth rate and access to electricity over time
Nigeria relationship between fertility rate and access to electricity over time
Nigeria relationship between life expectancy at birth and access to electricity over time
Nigeria relationship between renewable energy consumption and access to electricity over time
Nigeria relationship between self-employed workers and access to electricity over time
Nigeria relationship between vulnerable employment and access to electricity over time
Evolution of historical electricity production from coal sources in Nigeria
Evolution of historical electricity production from natural gas sources in Nigeria
Evolution of historical electricity production from hydroelectric sources in Nigeria
Evolution of historical electricity production from nuclear sources in Nigeria
Distribution of sites in Nigeria by inscription year
Geographical distribution of sites in Nigeria by area
Distribution of transboundary sites in Nigeria
Geographical distribution of wildfires in Nigeria by mean width
Relationship between width mean and length mean in Nigeria
Cities in Nigeria
Sites in Nigeria
Wildfires in Nigeria
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Health
- Birth rate: 36.61 per 1,000 people
- Death rate: 12.43 per 1,000 people
- Health expenditure per capita: 83.84 current US$
- Health expenditure: 4.08 % of GDP
- Hospital beds: 0.50 per 1,000 people
- Life expectancy at birth: 54
- Suicide mortality rate: 3.50 per 100,000 population
Distribution of diseases in Nigeria by mortality rate
Distribution of diseases in Nigeria by start date
Evolution of historical birth rate in Nigeria
Nigeria relationship between fertility rate and birth rate over time
Nigeria relationship between life expectancy at birth and birth rate over time
Nigeria relationship between self-employed workers and birth rate over time
Nigeria relationship between vulnerable employment and birth rate over time
Nigeria relationship between median age and birth rate over time
Evolution of historical death rate in Nigeria
Nigeria relationship between life expectancy at birth and death rate over time
Evolution of historical health expenditure per capita in Nigeria
Evolution of historical health expenditure in Nigeria
Evolution of historical incidence of HIV in Nigeria
Evolution of historical hospital beds in Nigeria
Evolution of historical life expectancy in Nigeria
Nigeria relationship between self-employed workers and life expectancy at birth over time
Nigeria relationship between vulnerable employment and life expectancy at birth over time
Evolution of historical suicide rate in Nigeria
Distribution of diseases by first founded year in Nigeria
Evolution of historical covid cases in Nigeria
Evolution of historical covid deaths in Nigeria
Relationship between deaths and cases over time in Nigeria
Diseases in Nigeria
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Politics
- Armed forces personnel: 223,000 people
- Democracy score: 4.44
- Democracy type: Hybrid regime
- Military expenditure: 0.64 % of GDP
- Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 3.91 %
Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in Nigeria
Nigeria relationship between methane emissions and armed forces personnel over time
Nigeria relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and armed forces personnel over time
Nigeria relationship between population and armed forces personnel over time
Nigeria relationship between rural population and armed forces personnel over time
Nigeria relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and armed forces personnel over time
Nigeria relationship between urban land area and armed forces personnel over time
Nigeria relationship between urban population and armed forces personnel over time
Evolution of historical military expenditure in Nigeria
Evolution of historical proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Nigeria
Distribution of politicians from Nigeria by birth date
Distribution of politicians from Nigeria by gender
Political parties in Nigeria
Politicians from Nigeria
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Business
- Gdp: 362,814,951,696.07 current US$
- Inflation: 24.66 annual %
- Self-employed workers: 85.85 % of total employment
- Unemployment: 3.07 % of total labor force
- Vulnerable employment: 84.37 % of total employment
Distribution of companies from Nigeria by foundation year
Evolution of historical central government debt in Nigeria
Evolution of historical expense in Nigeria
Evolution of historical GDP in Nigeria
Nigeria relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and GDP over time
Evolution of historical median inflation in Nigeria
Evolution of historical self employed in Nigeria
Nigeria relationship between vulnerable employment and self-employed workers over time
Evolution of historical tax revenue in Nigeria
Evolution of historical unemployment rate in Nigeria
Evolution of historical vulnerable employment in Nigeria
Distribution of shops in Nigeria by country
Companies in Nigeria
Exchanges in Nigeria
Shops from Nigeria
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Sports
Distribution of athletes from Nigeria by birth year
Distribution of athletes by gender in Nigeria
Distribution of competitions by city in Nigeria
Distribution of competitions by country in Nigeria
Distribution of competitions in Nigeria by start date
Distribution of medals won by Nigeria at the Olympics
Athletes from Nigeria
Competitions in Nigeria
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Culture
Distribution of artists from Nigeria by birth date
Distribution of artists from Nigeria by gender
Geographical distribution of museums in Nigeria by visitors
Artists from Nigeria
Museums in Nigeria
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Research
Geographical distribution of universities in Nigeria by total students
Distribution of universities in Nigeria by foundation year
Universities in Nigeria
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In literature
There are 1063 books written about Nigeria in the database
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